item = """c u r 2 wk y hello evry1 sed pix r gd""" #the word hello doesn't make it through because it's not in the dictionary but I need it to come through.

##Convert sms to english starts here...def sms_to_english(item): sms=[] item_split = item.split() for word in item_split: for j in range(len(dictionary)): if word == dictionary[j][0]: sms.append(dictionary[j][1]) sms.append(word) #this will add the hello word which are not present in dictionary as the original word.